# Global symlinked skills are not discovered by cursor

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/global-symlinked-skills-are-not-discovered-by-cursor/150028>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** macos, skills\
**Created:** [January 27, 2026, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/global-symlinked-skills-are-not-discovered-by-cursor/150028 "2026-01-27T05:11:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![da1z](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/da1z/32/53395_2.png) [@da1z](https://forum.cursor.com/u/da1z)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/global-symlinked-skills-are-not-discovered-by-cursor/150028/1 "2026-01-27T05:11:40Z")

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### Describe the Bug

i have skills symlinked to ~/.cursor/skills and cursor can not discover the,

### Steps to Reproduce

i added global skill using npx -y skills and chose symlink option

### Screenshots / Screen Recordings

 ![Screenshot 2026-01-27 at 12.09.39 AM.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/a/1/a171b73f1b842842d03c4be49c3237de1267a687.png)

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 ![Screenshot 2026-01-27 at 12.09.19 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/c/0/c0ae240af8e2f74280a53df5c36d71b1e0719864.png)

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 ![Screenshot 2026-01-27 at 12.09.03 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/7/5/75c5ba9398f9f3367086985260744e8c587149f1.png)

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Operating System

MacOS

### Version Information

Version: 2.4.21 (Universal)  
VSCode Version: 1.105.1  
Commit: dc8361355d709f306d5159635a677a571b277bc0  
Date: 2026-01-22T16:57:59.675Z  
Build Type: Stable  
Release Track: Default  
Electron: 39.2.7  
Chromium: 142.0.7444.235  
Node.js: 22.21.1  
V8: 14.2.231.21-electron.0  
OS: Darwin arm64 25.2.0

### Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/colin/32/90452_2.png) [@Colin](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/global-symlinked-skills-are-not-discovered-by-cursor/150028/3 "2026-01-27T14:47:38Z")

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Hey there!

Thanks for sharing this. This is a known issue.

> [@Cursor doesn't follow symlinks to discover skills](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-doesnt-follow-symlinks-to-discover-skills/149693/4):
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> Hey @borekb! Thanks for reporting this. This is a known issue on our side (and also affects Rules), and we have a ticket open for this already. I’ve linked your report to it.

I’ve attached your report to the internal bug ticket!

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Neykov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/daniel_neykov/32/97360_2.png) [@Daniel\_Neykov](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Daniel_Neykov)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/global-symlinked-skills-are-not-discovered-by-cursor/150028/4 "2026-02-06T15:00:33Z")

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@Colin when that would be resolved?

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/colin/32/90452_2.png) [@Colin](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/global-symlinked-skills-are-not-discovered-by-cursor/150028/6 "2026-02-10T20:00:14Z")

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This will be fixed in 2.5, which is just around the corner! Thanks for your patience on this one.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/global-symlinked-skills-are-not-discovered-by-cursor/150028/7 "2026-03-04T20:00:28Z")

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